The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-08-26
ed or derived from the adopting par
ents, or their kindred.

An act TO prevent and punish the
making and dissemination Of obscene
literature and other immoral and in
decent matter.
SECTION 1. BE IL enacted, de-, That
if any person shall bring or cause to be
brought into this State for sale or ex-
hibition, or shall sell, lend, give away,
or offer to give away, or show, or have
in his, or her possession, with intent to
sell, or give away, or to exhibit, show,
advertise, or otherwise offer, for loan,
gift, sale or distribution, any obscene
or indecent book, magazine, pamphlet,
newspaper, story paper, writing, paper,
picture, card, drawing, or photograph,
or any article or instrument Of indecent
or immoral use, or shall design, copy,
draw, photograph, print, utter, publish,
or otherwise prepare such book, picture
card, drawing, paper, or other article,
or shall write, or print, or cause to be
written, or printed, a circular, adver-
tisement, or notice of any kind, or give
information orally, stating when, where,
how, or of whom, or by what means,
such an indecent or obscene article, or
thing, can be purchased, seen or OBJ
tanned, shall in every such case, be
guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced
to pay fine not exceeding FIVE hun
dred dollars and undergo an imprison-
ment not exceeding one year Prooid-
ed, That this section shall not apply to
any persons giving Information orally
for the purpose of procuring or furn-
ishing evidence to convict under this
act.
SECTION 2. Any person who shall
sell, lend, give away, or show, or shall
have in his possession with intent to
sell, or give away, or to show, or shall
advertise, or otherwise offer for loan,
gift or distribution to any minor, any
book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper,
or other printed paper, devoted to the
publication, or principally made up of
criminal news, police reports, or ao-
counts of criminal deeds of bloodshed,
lust or crime, or shall exhibit on any
street. or highway, or in any other
place, within the view, or which may
be within the view, of any minor child
any book, magazine, pamphlet, news.
paper, writing, paper, picture, drawing,
photograph, or other article, or article
coming within the description of ar
ticles mentioned in the first section of
this act, shall, in every such case, be
guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced
to pay fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars and undergo an imprison-
ment not exceeding two years.
SECTION 8. That if any person shall,
in public place, or on any fence, or
wall, or other surface contiguous to the
public street or highway, or on the
floor, or ceiling, or on the inner or out
er wall, closet, room, passage, hall, or
any part, of any hotel, inn, or tavern,
court house, church, school, station
house, depo: for freight or passengers,
capitol, or other buildings devoted or
open to other or like public uses, or on
the walls of any out-buildings, or other
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cause to be made any obscene or inde-
cent writing, or print, liable to be seen
by others passing, or coming near the
same, such person 80 offending shall,
in every such case, be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not ex-
oeeding five hundred dollars and under
go an imprisonment not to exceed one
year.
SECTION A. Any person or persons,
who shall put up in any public place,
any indecent, lewd or obscene picture
or character, representing the human
form in nude or semi-nude condition
or shall advertise by circulars or post
ers any indecent, lewd or immoral show,
play or representation, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and, on con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars, nor more than
three hundred dollars: Provided, That
nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to interfere with purely scientific
works, written on the subject Of sexual
physiology, or works of art.